Buckley is a ’96 grad from Davis and has had stops at Idaho (two seasons), HumboldtState (one season), Stanford (three seasons), and has spent the past four down at Davis.A coach that has worked withBuckley in the past sent Wildcat11 a line and said that Pacific has found themselves a great coach that will excel in Division III. That is good to hear they hired a capable coach.

The best news out of the hiring is that this means that Pacific playing football again is officially “for real”.In the Pacific press release they “The Boxers are scheduled to take the field for a full varsity schedule in the fall of 2010.”That is great news and might give Lewis and Clark a real chance at a conference win in about 7 years *rimshot*.

I don’t think anyone is expecting Pacific to come out of the gates like gangbusters but we have see start up programs like Mary-Hardin Baylor reach deep playoff run status within 7 years of bringing football back.Do I see Pacific reaching similar heights as the Cru in 2017?Ummm no but there is no reason for the Boxers not to put out a quality product 4-5 years down the road.

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Why "ADvantage Catdome"

I’ve had a number of people ask me why the blog is called ADvantage Catdome. So instead of repeating the explanation over and over, I thought I would just lay it out here.

Back in 1986 my father took me to my very first Linfield game, the final regular season game vs. Pacific (Linfield would roll the Boxers on their way to their 3rd NAIA title). I was 10 years old at the time and I can remember seeing these banners the pep squad/students have hung up on the fences around the Catdome. They read “We have the ADvantage”.

I pulled on my dad’s shirt and asked him what that meant. He pointed to the coaches box in the far back of Memorial stadium and said “You see that man there? That’s Coach Rustchman. He’s Linfield’s advantage.”

It wasn't until later that my dad told me Coach Rustchman’s first name was “Ad”. Get it now? Good. Go ‘Cats!